Who sells seat emblems / medallions? No luck so I had to make my own

[oldcarnut]

I was looking for some emblem sources for my 70 RR bench seat backs and so far no repops.  Since I'm putting on new upholstery I wanted to see what new emblems would run but so far no luck.  Mine are decent but have started some very small pitting. Did a search here and came up empty too.  Anyone got a link to some?   They're just rectangular medallions clipped through the seat covers.  Thanks

[Ghoste]

That is one of those items I can't recall ever noticing in a repro catalog.  I wouldn't be surprised if you don't have to look in the nos or excellent used category for a set.

[twodko]

eBay may be the best chance. 

[oldcarnut]

That's what I was seeing too on searches and nuttin on Ebay.  I'll have to go back to the upholstery shop and get one of them and see what it would take to make some if possible  before he gets to the point of assembling everything.

[kab69440]

I posted an ad on that other Mopar website for '67  upholstery medallions and had a set on the way in less than three days.

[oldcarnut]

I had one guy that listed a nice pair on Ebay for me with a BIN for cheap and somebody else snatched before I could hit the button     Sooo like a lot of other things I started to make my own set from stainless.  At least they'll never flake or pit on me.  Here's what I got so far.  About 80% done with some triming/detailing and polishing left to do.  I think they'll work out ok.  The top one is the original

[bull]

Good job. I too have been forced to make some parts lately but to my fortune they aren't visible. I hate trying to make parts (especially interior) that are supposed to be aesthetically correct. They never seem to look quite right.

[oldcarnut]

This would be one of those things that took a lot of work and will probably never be noticed by anyone but me but I'm happy with the results.  Unfortunately sometimes we gotta make stuff because its just not availible or will take a lot of time or money to locate some.  Here's the finished results.  Original is in the middle.

[bull]

So how did you make the groove that runs around the outer edge?

[oldcarnut]

I used an endmill with the angle cut on it similar to the pic.  I did it on a older manual feed Bridgeport drilling/milling machine.  I filed the corners to give some roundness and used a hand held belt sander to give the lined finish on the top and then buffed it out.

[bull]

I was going to guess you used a mill. Real tough to get anything straight like that doing it freehand.